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passing a new healthcare law is seen as the president's signature domestic accomplishment in his first term andy what what he said he will build on in his second. mitt romney has other plans. jennifer davis has a closer look at where the candidates stand on healthcare. >> reporter: it was a first- term victory for president obama in june when the supreme court upheld most parts of the overhaul signed into law in 2010. >> allowing 2.5 million young people to stay on their parent's health insurance plan was the right thing to do. >> cutting prescription drug costs for seniors, right thing to do. we're not going back to the days when the insurance d a pow coverage or charge women dif ripley from men. >> reporter: the president will continue doing the acts of provisions for the affordable care act, including the centerpiece, the individual mandate. upheld by the justice' 5-4 ruling, it states every american needs to have health insurance by 2014 or faye a tax penalty. >> the supreme court is working. we're not going to recite the battles of the last four years. >> reporter: democrats say m
passing a new healthcare law is seen as the president's signature domestic accomplishment in his first term andy what what he said he will build on in his second. mitt romney has other plans. jennifer davis has a closer look at where the candidates stand on healthcare. >> reporter: it was a first- term victory for president obama in june when the supreme court upheld most parts of the overhaul signed into law in 2010. >> allowing 2.5 million young people to stay on their parent's...
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the republican plans would cut federal aid and roll back advances in healthcare. >> to lift up the need for people in poverty and to work for full time, get minimum wage and are not able to put a roof over their kids' heads or food on the table. >> and group members are calling on democrats and republicans to stop their bickering and work for the good of the american people. they want them to -- a faithful budget that protects all and not just the wealthy. >>>y you have a few hours left in maryland for early voting and polls close at 9. we have seen long lines across the region. stay with us. they focus on local and national candidates and the issues during the final days of the campaign. fox 5 wants to hear from you as well. use the hash tag d.c. you decide to tweet your thoughts as we count down to election day. >>> breaking news from new york city. a short time ago, mayor bloomberg reversed course and announced sunday's running of the new york city marathon is cancelled. bloomberg came under sharp criticism for not canceling the race. in the aftermath of hurricane send, the city is s
the republican plans would cut federal aid and roll back advances in healthcare. >> to lift up the need for people in poverty and to work for full time, get minimum wage and are not able to put a roof over their kids' heads or food on the table. >> and group members are calling on democrats and republicans to stop their bickering and work for the good of the american people. they want them to -- a faithful budget that protects all and not just the wealthy. >>>y you have a...
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forced employers including religious employers like catholic hospitals to pay for contraception in the healthcare plans. romney opposed that. obama supported it. in terms of whether that will be available, that's not true. romney's position is he opposed abortion in all cases as of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is at risk. he's changed his opinion overtime from being firmly pro choice in the 90s when he ran for senate to becoming pro-life and at one point in a debate in 2007 said that he would sign a law to ban all abortions but he said that is not political sociable or desirable. >> you can pull anything you want. >>> one of the most dramatic ads is pro obama ad building the stage. let's take a look. >> out of the blue one day we were told to build a 30 foot stage. gathered the guys and we built that 30 foot stage not knowing what it was for. just days later, all three shifts were told to assemble in the warehouse a group of people walked out on that stage and told us that the plant is now closed and all of you are fired. >> we have actually tried to find how that story actually p
forced employers including religious employers like catholic hospitals to pay for contraception in the healthcare plans. romney opposed that. obama supported it. in terms of whether that will be available, that's not true. romney's position is he opposed abortion in all cases as of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is at risk. he's changed his opinion overtime from being firmly pro choice in the 90s when he ran for senate to becoming pro-life and at one point in a debate in 2007 said...
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at the newseum, healthcare improvement talk about where will it go from here and friday, november 9th, maryland congressman chris van mollen van hollen is the keynote speaker. that's your capital rundown. you'll find us on www.myfoxdc.com and on twitter hashtag capital rundown. i'm tom fitzgerald. we'll see you next week. gecko (clearing throat) thank you, mr. speaker, uh, members of congress. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! ah, that was good. too bad nobody could hear me. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. when we think no one is looking. is what we do... mitt romney: believe that they are victims. anncr: mitt romney thought no one was looking when... he attacked forty-seven percent of americans. his companies shipped jobs overseas. his plan cuts
at the newseum, healthcare improvement talk about where will it go from here and friday, november 9th, maryland congressman chris van mollen van hollen is the keynote speaker. that's your capital rundown. you'll find us on www.myfoxdc.com and on twitter hashtag capital rundown. i'm tom fitzgerald. we'll see you next week. gecko (clearing throat) thank you, mr. speaker, uh, members of congress. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as most of...
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when i said we would pass healthcare reform, we passed it. when i said we would repeel don't ask, don't tell, we repeeled it. >> yeah. >> you know i tell the truth. and most importantly, you know i will fight for you and your families every single day as hard as i know how. so, so, let me tell you. i know what real change looks like because i fought for it. i have the scars to prove it, and you have, too. after all we have been through together, we can't give up on it now. we have to keep pushing forward. that is why i'm running for a second term. that is why i need your vote! [ cheering and applause . >> four more years! four more years! four more years! four more years! >> now virginia, let me describe very briefly. i know folks are cold. but let me describe, what am i talking about when i am talking about four? what do i mean by really change? change is a country where every american has a shot at a great education. now government alone, government alone can't do that. parents, you have a parent. students, you have to study, but don't tell
when i said we would pass healthcare reform, we passed it. when i said we would repeel don't ask, don't tell, we repeeled it. >> yeah. >> you know i tell the truth. and most importantly, you know i will fight for you and your families every single day as hard as i know how. so, so, let me tell you. i know what real change looks like because i fought for it. i have the scars to prove it, and you have, too. after all we have been through together, we can't give up on it now. we have...